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Witchcraft

(1 Sam. 15:23; This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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  • Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
  • Historical Reference: Installed reference work

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G21303, H3785, H7081, G5331
Hebrew
כֶּשֶׁף · kesheph
Greek
φαρμακία · pharmakia

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

φαρμακία

G21303
Transliteration
pharmakia
Indexed occurrences
0

Glosses

witchcraft

Lexicon definition

witchcraft

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

קֶסֶם

H7081
Transliteration
qeçem
Pronunciation
keh'-sem
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
11

Glosses

(reward of) divination, divine sentence, witchcraft.

Lexicon definition

a lot

also divination (including its fee), oracle

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

φαρμακεία

G5331
Transliteration
pharmakeía
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

sorcery, witchcraft

Lexicon definition

medication ("pharmacy"), i.e. (by extension) magic (literally or figuratively)

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Witchcraft

(1 Sam. 15:23; 2 Kings 9:22; 2 Chr. 33:6; Micah 5:12; Nahum 3:4; Gal. 5:20). In the popular sense of the word no mention is made either of witches or of witchcraft in Scripture. The "witch of En-dor" (1 Sam. 28) was a necromancer, i.e., one who feigned to hold converse with the dead. The damsel with "a spirit of divination" (Acts 16:16) was possessed by an evil spirit, or, as the words are literally rendered, "having a spirit, a pithon." The reference is to the heathen god Apollo, who was regarded as the god of prophecy.

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources

Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Witchcraft

Indexed occurrences: 3

Source: Strong's Concordance · View data sources

All Scripture references7 references

Exodus 1

Leviticus 1

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Micah 1

Nahum 1

Acts 1

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